Carthage Newswire

... of his family and Hospice of Jefferson County. Arrangements are incomplete with the Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home, Carthage. Thousands of readers like you have made Northern New York Newspapers the number one ranked website* for local news and ...
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... when you make this kind of music." The music sung by Musica Viva is something new for Sgt. Curran J. Schenck of Carthage. The trumpet player with the 10th Mountain Division Band since 2013, who is a native of Florida, said his musical background is ...
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... during the two months,” said Darlene A. Jensen, director of the Village Ecumenical Ministries Food Pantry in Carthage. “Depending on what your food pantry raised, you would receive a portion of that million.” Mrs. Jensen said ...
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Carthage, NY ~ Stephen D. Chartrand, 62, of 23744 County Route 42 formerly of Harrisville, died Friday afternoon February 27, 2015 at his residence. Stephen's funeral will be held on Tuesday March 3, 2015 beginning with a 9:45AM Prayer Service at Scanlon Funeral Home, Harrisville, followed by a 10:30 AM Mass of Christian Burial from St. Francis Solanus Church, Harrisville, with the Rev.
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An important way to prevent young people from abusing drugs is to discourage stupidity, recent forums at area schools concluded. Stupidity was the first lesson at the community forum, “Seven Things You Didn't Know Could Save Your Child's Life,” at Carthage High School on Thursday.
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Carthage wrestlers Erik Jessell and Kade Andrews will have someone watching over them at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Division I tournament that starts today at the Times Union Center in Albany. The senior grapplers will be competing in memory of teammate Derek Holton, who died Dec. 28, 2014, after ingesting prescription and over-the-counter medicines at a friend's home.
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Carthage wrestlers Erik Jessell and Kade Andrews will have someone watching over them at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Division I tournament that starts today at the Times Union Center in Albany. The senior grapplers will be competing in memory of teammate Derek Holton, who died on Dec. 28, 2014 after ingesting prescription and over-the-counter medicines at a friend's home.
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Dorothy M. Bloss, 89, formerly of 10900 NYS Route 26, died on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at the Carthage Area Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility, where she has been a resident since October of 2010. Born on Decmber 31, 1925 in Adams, NY, the daughter of William & Ida Mae Patterson Burke.
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Still plenty of buzz around Section III following Peyton McLaurin's 52-point outburst against Fulton on Tuesday in the Class A quarterfinal basketball tournament this week. The Carthage High School guard and the No.
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Using loans and grant money obtained through the Carthage Industrial Development Corp., Lori A. Nettles, owner of 253/255 State St., is forging ahead with a more than $580,000 renovation project. The development corporation last year was awarded a $200,000 grant through the Rural Area Revitalization Program.
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Three public school districts in Jefferson County made the correct decision to remove language from any enrollment materials requesting information to determine the citizenship status of incoming students. The office of state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and the state Education Department conducted a joint investigation over the past year finding that Watertown City School District along with Carthage and Lyme central school districts were included among 20 districts statewide making unlawful inquiries into the citizenship status of children being enrolled.
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... for violating a Family Court order of protection. In other court activity, Lamont E. Lane, 40, of 77 Champion St., Carthage, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony. He admitted that he drove on ...
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Ryan A. Zehr, 23, of 4552 Old State Road, was charged by Carthage police Saturday on South James Street with driving while intoxicated, failure to stop at a stop sign, crossing hazard markings and a license plate violation. A BAC of 0.08 percent or more is considered proof of intoxication under state law.
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City police charged Melissa J. Bintz, 42, of 314 West St., Carthage, with third-degree welfare fraud, third-degree grand larceny, offering a false instrument and misuse of food stamps at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building. She was processed and held for arraignment.
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... items used to produce methamphetamine, used hypodermic needles and other drug paraphernalia. Robert Snyder, 43, of Carthage; Rene Gracey, 38, of Castorland and Eugene Lively, 30, no address given, were all charged with second-degree criminal ...
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Three people face drug charges after police found methamphetamine and equipment to make the drug in a room at the Davidson Motel on Route 3 in the town of LeRay. Arrested on charges of second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance on Monday were Robert A. Snyder, 43, Carthage: Eugene L. Lively, no current address; and Rene C. Gracey, 38, of Castorland.
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A Syracuse man faces 10 years in state prison after admitting Monday to his role in a 2013 home-invasion robbery in Carthage. Steven S. Guindy, 22, pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Court to first-degree robbery.
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Esteban I. Rivera-Castro, 21, of 20345 Bagram Rd., Fort Drum, was charged by Carthage police Feb. 22 on Oxford Street with first-degree driving while impaired by drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana and a license plate violation. He is summoned to appear March 2 in Village Court.
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Ryan A. Zehr, 23, of 4552 Old State Road was charged by Carthage police at Feb. 21 on S. James Street with driving while intoxicated, failure to stop at a stop sign, crossing hazard markings and a license plate violation. According to police his blood alcohol content was 0.14 percent.
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